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12 faces Spin to Win Shelley Meyer makes time for exercise amidst hectic schedule

17 Art Show Live sculpting on view at Dublin Community Recreation Center

19 in focus Irish Allure Experience Celtic food and drink locally

23 A Different Shade of Emerald Dublin Foundation’s annual event takes a new turn this year

25 Teenage Knockout Dublin high schooler preps for boxing at the Arnold

28 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Exudes Irish ‘Tude New balloon and Presidents Cup float take center stage at the celebration

30 neighborhoods Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Homeowner and civic associations create sense of community in traditional neighborhoods

34 on the table Brewcomers Dublin plays host to two new upscale, beer-centric eateries

36 write next door Om Options Dublin studios offer yoga classes for just about anyone

38 bookmarks Selections from the Dublin Library

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An Irish AttitudeIn this issue, we’re introducing a new series from the Dublin

Convention & Visitors Bureau that highlights the Irish spirit you’ll find in Dublin. The City of Dublin works hand in hand with the Bureau to promote our community to visitors.

The Bureau seeks to attract meetings and conventions, sport-ing events, leisure travelers, and group tours to Dublin. These visitors have a tremendous impact on the local economy. Not only do they support the event or attraction that brings them to the City, they also spend dollars on entertainment, food, retail purchases, transportation and lodging.

The City of Dublin established a hotel/motel tax fund to im-prove the quality of life for its residents, corporate citizens and visitors. Home to 14 hotels, Dublin generates funds from a 6 percent tax on overnight stays. These funds are invested back into the community through designated projects and events that enhance visitor appeal and encourage overnight stays. The Bureau receives 25 percent of the hotel/motel tax generated through these stays. Due in large part to the Bureau’s efforts to promote tourism, the hotel/motel tax revenue was $2.47 mil-lion in 2012, an increase of 10 percent over 2011.

More heads in beds not only means more funding for the Bureau, but also for other beneficiaries of the hotel/motel tax fund, including the Dublin Arts Council, community grants and City-sponsored special events such as the Dublin Irish Festival and Independence Day Celebration.

This year, the Dublin Convention & Visitors Bureau is part-nering with the City for an ambassador program to welcome guests from around the world for the Presidents Cup, which takes place Oct. 1-6.

The PGA TOUR and Muirfield Village Golf Club expect the total community impact of the Presidents Cup to include more than 150,000 golf fans, contributing $50 million in economic impact to the region, with the potential for 10,000 to 12,000 hotel room nights to be booked throughout central Ohio.

In December, Dublin City Council approved a $7,500 matching hotel/motel tax grant to enhance the Irish is an Attitude program by offering more Irish experiences and en-couraging travel and tourism during off-peak times.

We thought you would like to see some of the Irish initia-tives taking place in the City. I’m sure you’ll want to share these experiences with your own guests and also enjoy them with friends and family. You can read more about “Irish Al-lure” on page 19.

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How are your New Year’s resolutions going? If your commit-ment to exercise and eat more healthfully has been flagging due to a hectic schedule, get inspired by Shelley Meyer’s fitness routine and by Dublin Jerome High School senior Nyck Price, a boxer who is gearing up to compete at the Arnold Sports Festival in March.

The New Year is also bringing changes to Dublin Life Maga-zine. We’re introducing three series of articles. This year we’ll be examining some of the different neighborhoods and living options Dublin has to offer – from traditional single-family home neighbor-hoods (featured in this issue) to condos and riverfront properties. Learn more about your neighbors and their day-to-day lives.

Our columnist, Colleen D’Angelo, is tackling a brand new chal-lenge: reviewing some of the different fitness facilities in our city. In this issue, read about three Dublin yoga studios that offer an array of classes for preschoolers through senior citizens.

Finally, the Dublin Convention & Visitors Bureau introduces a new section featuring some of the Irish experiences around town. This month we’re talking Irish food and drink – a perfect fit, con-sidering you’ll want to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Dublin-style. Don’t forget the annual parade, this year scheduled for March 16. We’ve got the inside scoop on the newest parade balloon.

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Through Feb. 22Char Norman: Forest RemnantsDublin Arts Council gallery, 7125 Riverside Dr., www.dublinarts.org

Norman specializes in papermaking and fiber sculpture. For this exhibit, she has cre-ated natural sculptures – using nature’s own elements – as a tribute to the environment.

Feb. 2Groundhog Day

Feb. 2Polar Bear Golf Open8 a.m., Safari Golf Club, 4853 W. Powell Rd., www.polarbeargolf.org

Golfers are invited to brave the cold to support Columbus’ children’s charities. Or-ganized by the Dublin AM Rotary Club, the event includes a light breakfast and lunch, as well as the chance to win a variety of prizes. Registration is $80 and includes admission to the Chilly Open.

Feb. 2Chilly OpenNoon-5 p.m., Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, 4850 W. Powell Rd., www.westervillerotary.org

Formerly the Wendy’s Chili Open, this is the largest fundraising event for the Rotary Club of Westerville Sunrise and supports a variety of local children’s charities. Highlights include live music by the Debits, children’s activities, raffles, a silent auction and food from 30 local restaurants.

Feb. 3The Great Kaplan3 p.m., Abbey Theater, 5600 Post Rd., www.dublinohiousa.gov

David Kaplan infuses his variety show with comedic skill and hilarious antics sure to de-light audiences of individuals ages 9 and up. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children and seniors.

Feb. 7-March 14Healthy Dublin Slim to Win Weight Loss Program5:30-6:30 p.m., Dublin Chamber of Commerce, 129 S. High St., www.dublinchamber.org/slimtowin

Anyone living or working in Dublin is wel-come to be part of this free, 10-week pro-gram. The program, which began Jan. 14, of-fers educational speakers and is designed to help you conquer your New Year’s resolutions.

Feb. 9Laura Ingalls Wilder11 a.m., Abbey Theater, 5600 Post Rd., www.dublinohiousa.gov

Journey with Laura and her pioneering fam-ily as they overcome natural and man-made obstacles in search of home in this show based on the life of author Laura Ingalls Wilder. Rec-ommended for ages 7-12. Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for children and seniors.

Feb. 14Valentine’s Day Feb. 18Presidents Day (No School)

Feb. 21Lunch & Learn: Building a Legendary Customer Service Culture11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Dublin Chamber of Commerce, 129 S. High St., www.dublinchamber.org

Barry Himmel of Signature Worldwide teaches tips and techniques for delivering exceptional customer service. Registration is $20 for Dublin Chamber members and $40 for non-members.

Feb. 23Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day11 a.m., Abbey Theater, 5600 Post Rd., www.dublinohiousa.gov

Even though Alexander wakes up with gum in his hair and trips on his skateboard, audi-ence members will laugh through this rendition of his musical misadventures, based on the bestselling book. Admission is $7 for children and seniors and $10 for adults.

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March 5-April 19Robert Mullins: Kinetic SculptureDublin Arts Council gallery, 7125 Riverside Dr., www.dublinarts.orgMullins presents an exhibit of aluminum and stainless steel sculptures, including maquettes – scale models – of larger pieces installed around Columbus. The exhibit’s free open-ing reception will be held March 5 from 6-8 p.m.

March 10Dr. Tony’s Original Ragtime Band3 p.m., Abbey Theater, 5600 Post Rd., www.dublinohiousa.govDr. Tony’s authentic, energetic eight-piece ensemble, one of only a handful of ragtime bands in the United States, plays pre-jazz favorites. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children and seniors.

March 14NextGen Dublin Re-Luncheonships11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Uno Chicago Grill, 5930 Britton Pkwy., www.dublinchamber.orgMake new connections with other young professionals at this small-group networking event. RSVP online.

March 14State of the City Address6-8 p.m., Wendy’s Company, 1 Dave Thomas Blvd., www.dubilnohiousa.govCatch up on the city’s 2012 accomplish-ments and learn where it’s headed. City of Dublin leaders speak at this annual event.

March 16St. Patrick’s Day Celebration7 a.m.-noon, Historic Dublin, www.dublinohiousa.gov

Celebrate Irish culture, starting with the Lions Club Breakfast at Sells Middle School. Then head over to Metro Center for the Inflation Celebration and watch the giant parade balloons rise. The Hooligans perform live on Bridge Street. The event ends with Dublin’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade at 11 a.m.

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Feb. 23Dublin Foundation Emerald Celebration6:30 p.m., Columbus Marriott Northwest, 5605 Blazer Pkwy., www.dublinfoundation.org

A pre-event VIP reception, a cocktail hour, dinner and live music will make up this cel-ebration of the Dublin Foundation’s 31st year. All proceeds from the foundation’s signature event are invested back into the community. Tickets are $125 or $1,500 for a Commu-nity Partner table for 10, which includes two tickets to the VIP reception and inclusion in the event program.

Feb. 24Last Chance for Boston Marathon8 a.m., Crowne Plaza Hotel, 600 Metro Pl. N., www.premierraces.com

Registration for the Boston Marathon is closed, but you can get a head start on next year’s training with this flat, 1-mile loop course. Choose from full marathon, half marathon, 5K, 10K or team relay. Registration starts at $35.

Feb. 28-March 3Arnold Sports FestivalIn and around downtown Columbus, www.arnoldsportsfestival.com

The largest multi-sport festival in the nation returns to Columbus for its 25th year. New events the Arnold Scottish Highland Games, the Arnold Party with the Pros at Hollywood Casino and the Arnold, Champions & Leg-ends Sunday Morning Showcase join such stalwarts as the Arnold Classic and the Arnold Fitness Expo on this year’s agenda.

March 20First Day of Spring

March 21Lunch & Learn: Cloud Computing – LEGOs for Small Business11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Dublin Chamber of Commerce, 129 S. High St., www.dublinchamber.orgLearn how cloud computing, a form of Internet application use, can make business easier. Registration is $20 for Dublin Cham-ber members and $40 for non-members.

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Spin to Win Shelley Meyer makes

time for exercise amidst hectic schedule



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AATTENDEES OF SHELLEY MEYER’S spin-ning class don’t come because she’s the wife of The Ohio State University’s foot-ball coach. They come to sweat.

And that goes for Shelley herself, too.“I get a little upset when I see an in-

structor not working out,” says Shelley, who has been a certified spinning in-structor since 1999. “I feel like I can coach people in their workout while I’m also working out hard with them.”

The classes she teaches two days a week at the Premier at Sawmill Athletic Club are stress relief for Shelley, who has stayed busy since moving to Dublin.

“Getting that workout in every morning helps me get rid of some of my stress. I feel better mentally, and then I can get to some of the other things on my calen-dar,” Shelley says.

The last year since her husband, Ur-ban, took on the head coaching job at OSU has been a whirlwind for the Mey-er family. Though Columbus is close to home for the couple – Shelley grew up in Frankfort, outside Chillicothe – mov-ing back from Florida was difficult for her. She was concerned about Urban’s health and also sad to leave the friends they’d made in the six years they lived there.

Thankfully, she found her neighbors in Muirfield and the parents at St. Brigid of Kildare School, where son, Nate, attends, to be extraordinarily kind and welcoming, and this has eased the tran-sition tremendously.

By the time football season rolled around, Shelley was set up as a spin-ning teacher at Premier and a part-

time clinical nursing instructor at The Ohio State University College of Nurs-ing.

Her focus on health has been lifelong. Shelley grew up on a farm and per-formed many active chores, such as lift-ing hay bales, but her first sports experi-ence was with “Biddy Basketball” when she was in about the third grade. Later, she participated in softball; and played volleyball and basketball and ran track at Adena High School in Frankfort.

“I was a three-sport athlete through high school,” Shelley says.

But once she got to college at the Uni-versity of Cincinnati, her participation in team sports dropped off.

“It wasn’t as common for girls to play a sport in college (in the 1980s),” she says. Shelley played volleyball for fun and began running and taking aerobics classes at a local gym. Soon, she be-came an aerobics instructor – while still

attending nursing school. “That and nursing went hand-in-hand

for me,” says Shelley, who is a psychi-atric nurse. “I just believe so much in the relationship between how you feel about yourself and your health. … Mental health and physical health go together.”

Nursing runs in Shelley’s family and was always an aspiration of hers. Her grandmother, Betty Cory, was a nurse for 20 years at the Chillicothe Veterans Af-fairs Medical Center.

“I grew up admiring her and her pro-fession, taking care of people,” Shelley says. “Really, there was nothing else ever in my vision, except briefly, I thought I wanted to be a pediatrician.”

At the end of her first year of nursing school, in 1984, she met Urban. After graduation, Shelley moved to Columbus for a year to work at OSU’s Harding Hospital – while Urban coached under Earle Bruce – before the two were mar-

Shelley Meyer teaches spinning, fast-paced stationary bicycling, twice a week at the

Premier at Sawmill Athletic Club.

I just believe so much in the relationship between how you feel about yourself and your health. … Mental health and physical health go together. - Shelley Meyer

Photo by Lisa Aurand


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ried in July 1989. By that time, Urban had accepted an assistant coaching po-sition at Illinois State. The couple spent the next 16 years moving around the country while Urban pursued his coach-ing career until he took the head coach position at the University of Florida from 2005 through 2010. It was the longest they’d lived anywhere together.

Despite their somewhat nomadic life-style, Shelley stayed active – both in her professional career, earning her master’s degree in 1994, and as a fitness instruc-tor – and encouraged their three children to do the same. She brought them along with her to the gym when they were younger, hoping she was being a good role model for a fit lifestyle. It seems to have worked, she says.

“We did encourage them to play (sports), but also to try a lot of things. We did piano and clarinet, but nothing really stuck except ball sports,” she says. Their daughters, Nikki and Gigi, even-tually settled on volleyball as their sport of choice. Nate, a seventh-grader at St. Brigid’s, is still a three-sport athlete.

As far as diet, Shelley tries to eat healthfully, cooking with minimal fats and focusing on vegetables and lean meats, and enjoys treats in moderation. As a psychiatric nurse, she is all too aware of the minefield of body-image



Meyer’s class is held in a dimly-lit room, and the spinning is set to a soundtrack she brings along on her own iPod. Meyer says

she tries to work out just as hard as her class members do.

issues young girls must navigate, so she did her best to steer her own daughters clear of such trouble.

“I was very careful with them. If I was ever in a period where I was trying to drop five to 10 pounds, I never said any-thing about it,” Shelley says. “I’m happy to say my girls are healthy eaters.”

She’s also managed to get them in-terested in spinning. Nikki, a senior at Georgia Tech, is considering pursuing spinning certification. Shelley’s appre-ciation for the form of exercise has only increased as she’s aged.

“I love it especially now because I’m getting a little older and it’s non-impact,” she says. “I get called ‘the Cardio Queen’ by my friends because I love cardio so much. You have this great cardio workout on a bike with music and somebody lead-ing you in a group atmosphere.”

On the days she doesn’t teach spin-ning, Shelley takes another instructor’s spinning class or works out with a per-sonal trainer. In the fall, she spends a few days a week at OSU teaching nurs-ing students. She spends some “free time” attending Nate’s football, basket-ball and baseball games, and both she and Urban have gotten involved in local charities; they are the featured names on this year’s Buckeye Cruise for Cancer, Feb. 21-25. And, of course, much of her time is spent attending football-related functions.

“It just seems like whatever you have on your plate, you learn how to man-age. Sometimes it’s been really crazy and really busy. I’ve been able to handle it, but I have to be really good at saying ‘no’ to things when I just can’t do one more thing.”

But exercise will always be a priority.“I believe you have to stay active to

keep your body healthy because there are so many things that you’re at risk for as you get older,” she says. “Like millions of other women, I am very conscious of appearance. I like to eat and I love food, so I’ve got to keep working out.”

Lisa Aurand is editor of Dublin Life Magazine. Feedback welcome at [email protected].



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Art Show

Tizzano has been commissioned to capture, in bronze and stone, the town pump that stood at the intersection of Bridge and High streets in the early 1900s. When completed, the sculpture will be installed on the lower plaza at the northwest corner of BriHi Square, not far from where the original town pump stood.

Tizzano, of Westerville, also sculpted The Chase at the Westerville Sports Complex and participated in the exhi-bition New Building, New Work at the McConnell Arts Center in 2010.

Dublin residents and visitors can watch the artwork being created in full public view just outside the lobby of the Abbey Theater, where Tizzano can take advantage of the natural light from the skylights above. He encourages audi-ence interaction while he works, inviting questions and explaining his process as the artwork develops.

“People can touch and ask questions,” Tizzano says, and he has found that they have stories of their own to share. One Dublin resident remembered using the town pump to get water back in the days of horse-drawn wagons.

The finished sculpture will be the latest addition to the Art in Public Places pro-gram, a collaboration between the City of Dublin and Dublin Arts Council.

“The process offers a unique oppor-tunity for the community to observe the creation of public art,” says Dublin City

Council Member John Rein-er, board representative to Dublin Arts Council. “The art itself represents a snapshot of Dublin’s history being rec-reated in the present, and preserved for the community to enjoy now and into the future.”

The project offers a host of educational opportunities for the community, which will be coordi-nated by Dublin Arts Council. The Dublin Historical Society also is a partner in the project and is collecting artifacts from the time period for display. It was the historical society that first proposed the idea of commemorating the town pump.

At a Dublin City Council meeting in January 2008, while plans were being developed for the BriHi Square proj-ect, former Dublin resident and Dublin Historical Society member Carl Karrer shared the history of the original Dub-lin village pump, describing how it was a landmark and a gathering place for the village and for those who traveled to Dublin. With automobiles replacing horses, it became necessary to build a cement barricade to prevent cars from running into the pump. Karrer’s research uncovered a newspaper article from May 21, 1925, which noted: “Ohio Department of Highways ruled the town pump of Dublin, O., had to be removed

from the center of the vil-lage’s main intersection. The pump, there for 30 years, lifted water from a well 78 feet deep, the first drilled in Dublin.”

Tizzano’s commemoration will include bronze, natural limestone and running water to encourage visitors to experi-ence Dublin’s past in a personal way through the representation of children in period dress engaged in the daily ritual of collecting water.

Tizzano’s process begins with the creation of a one-quarter-scale clay ma-quette using local children as models for the sculpture. Mackenzie Mescher, a seventh-grader at St. Brigid of Kildare School, posed for the model of the girl, while Deer Run Elementary School fourth-grader Austin Wagner and kindergart-ners Colin Hoffman and Trenton Allen are being used as a composite for the figure of the boy.

From the small-scale maquette, life-sized figures will be created. When the artist is not present, the sculpture, tools and materials will be placed behind a glassed-in area for continued viewing at the recreation center. The sculpture’s cast-ing will take place at an Ohio foundry.

Tizzano estimates the sculpture will be installed in the plaza this fall. For updated project information and a schedule of when the artist will be sculpting live at the DCRC, please visit www.DublinOhioUSA.gov.

AT THE DUBLIN Community Recreation Center, people stop to admire artist Michael Tizzano’s work as he focuses on recreating a part of the City’s history.

Live sculpting on view at Dublin Community Recreation Center

Artist Michael Tizzano will capture his vision of Dublin in the early 1900s in a mixture of bronze, natural limestone and running water, encouraging viewers to interact with Dublin’s past in a personal way by engaging in the daily ritual of collecting water with village children. The town pump became a natural landmark and gathering place for residents, visitors and their horses. The project features all Ohio artists, art professionals, subcontractors and foundry.

This photo, courtesy of the Dublin Historical Society, was the inspiration for the town pump sculpture being created by Tizzano. According to Dublin’s Journey, “J. Riley Brittingham, known as ‘Two Sock,’ stands beside the town pump located at the intersection of Bridge and High streets. The pump was installed in the 1890s and drew water from the first well drilled in Dublin, at a depth of 78 feet. The pump never went dry, although it was replaced by a traffic light when automobiles became the mode of transportation in Dublin.”

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IT HAS BEEN six years since the Dublin Convention & Visitors Bureau launched a branding initiative drawing the associa-tion between Dublin, Ohio and Dublin, Ireland. The Bureau decided on “Irish is an Attitude” as the positioning line – the phrase or statement that visitors associ-ate with Dublin. This statement makes use of the “Irish” equity that exists in the Dublin name and promotes the idea that to enjoy all things Irish, you don’t need Irish in your blood, just in your soul.

To promote this, the Bureau created a selection of 30 Irish experiences avail-able to leisure visitors, motorcoach groups and even business travelers who

are looking for activities during their con-ference or meeting. But a bonus of living in Dublin is that these experiences are available to residents every day. Some of the most popular experiences include a Four-Leaf Clover Scavenger Hunt, an Irish Penny Whistle Class and re-enact-ment of an Irish wake.

Several Dublin hotels have embraced the Bureau’s branding efforts as well. The Holiday Inn Express, 5500 Tuttle Cross-ing Blvd., offers an Irish welcome recep-tion and wake-up call, as well as green guest rooms. Tour groups also receive a “local extra” – an Irish-themed item – with their breakfasts. At the Crowne

Plaza Columbus-Dublin, 600 Metro Pl. N., guests can enjoy Irish beers and other beverages, Limerick chowder and themed meeting spaces. Shamrocks and Celtic décor adorn the Chase Suite Ho-tel, 4130 Tuller Rd., giving guests the feel of Old Ireland.

And local dining establishments also have adopted Irish attitudes, serving themed food to residents and visitors alike. The Dublin Village Tavern, in the center of Historic Dublin, has created several Irish-inspired menu items, includ-ing the customer favorite Irish Egg Roll and Irish Car Bomb Brownie. The res-taurant also offers Irish drink specials on a regular basis. Enjoy a traditional Irish dinner – complete with Craggaunowen Chicken and apple cake – at Sunny Street Café on Avery Road. After dinner, treat yourself to an Irish Bomb Gourmet Cupcake or an Irish “Favorite” – choc-olate cake filled with ganache and

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Irish Egg Roll, Dublin Village Tavern

Editor’s Note: This issue kicks off a series of articles from the Dublin Convention & Visitors Bureau showcasing the ways in which local businesses and organizations celebrate the Irish “attitude.”


topped with Bailey’s Irish Cream icing – at Our Cupcakery’s create-your-own-cupcake bar.

You can sip an Irish tea while snacking on a green tea scone at Tehku Tea Com-pany, purchase some Shamrock snacks at Sisters Sweet Shoppe or indulge in an Irish sundae – mint chocolate chip ice cream with mint-infused whipped cream and op-tional chocolate jimmies – at Graeter’s Ice Cream. Shoppers can find Irish grocery products or take a Celtic-themed cook-ing class at the Whole Foods Market on West Dublin-Granville Road.

A recent study conducted by North Star Destination Strategies found that visitors want more Irish product and en-tertainment to enjoy separately from the Dublin Irish Festival and St. Patrick’s Day events. In order to help meet this chal-lenge, the Bureau launched two new programs this year: the Irish Experience Grant Program and the Irish Approved Business Program.

Dublin City Council supports both pro-grams through the City’s hotel/motel tax grant fund. Through these grants, City Council funds cultural arts, beautification projects, Historic Dublin improvements, activities that encourage visitors to Dub-lin and other projects that enhance Dub-lin. To learn more about hotel/motel tax grants, visit www.DublinOhioUSA.gov/taxgrant.

The grant program awards funds to local restaurants, attractions, shops and hotels for offering Irish-inspired entertain-ment. The Bureau also plans to create

an Irish Experience calendar to publi-cize these events, with a focus on cre-ating entertainment around the greatest times of need for Dublin’s hotels, rather than securing entertainment during tra-ditional busy periods such as the Dublin Irish Festival and Memorial Tournament. The calendar will be introduced during the City of Dublin’s annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Local businesses may apply for a grant by contacting the Bureau at 614-792-7666 or visiting www.IrishisanAttitude.com.

The Irish Approved Business Program promotes local establishments that cur-rently offer Irish-inspired activities or mer-chandise. Each approved business will be provided with a widow decal to alert visitors that they may find an Irish experi-ence or product at the store. These busi-nesses will also be promoted through the Bureau’s marketing initiatives.

Be on the lookout for new Irish-inspired activities and items these Dublin Conven-tion and Visitors Bureau programs will en-courage, refreshing Dublin’s Irish appeal.

Scott Dring is a contributing writer and executive director of the Dublin Conven-tion and Visitors Bureau. Feedback wel-come at [email protected].

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The Emerald Celebration is in its 31st year, and the Dublin Foundation has decided it’s time that its signature event had a makeover.

“We’re keeping the core of the event similar, but we’re trying to make it a little bit more attractive to a new demograph-ic,” says Jennifer Dring, the foundation’s new executive director, who was hired in June 2012. “We’re celebrating our past, recognizing our present and ush-ering in our future.”

The event, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Columbus Marriott Northwest, 5065 Blazer Pkwy., is the foundation’s major annual fundraiser, raising around $15,000 yearly for grants to Dublin-area nonprofits.

In keeping with the city’s theme for the year, the VIP reception at 5:30 p.m. will feature the Presidents Cup, which is on its tour through the city leading up to the golf tournament in October. The event will be an “intimate gathering of community leaders” with a wine tast-ing featuring selections from countries around the globe, Dring says.

Cocktail hour begins at 6:30 p.m. and will focus on this year’s honorees, Bob and Sharon Adamek. Honorees

each year are community volunteers who have resided or worked in the Dublin area for an extended time, with contributions that benefit the community in many ways.

Bob was previously on the founda-tion’s Board of Governors and is cur-rently president of the board for the Dublin Counseling Center. Both Bob and Sharon served on committees for the 2012 Dublin Irish Festival.

To introduce the foundation’s work to those who might not be familiar with it, several of the groups that have ben-efited from past grant cycles will be on hand. High school robotics students, whom the Dublin Foundation supported through a $2,500 grant in 2010, are building a robot that putts golf balls. “Attendees are going to have a chance to try to beat the robot,” Dring says.

Artwork from Shifting Perspectives: In the Community, a photographic exhibi-tion curated by the Dublin Arts Council – and funded by a $2,500 grant from the foundation – will be on display. Oth-er former grant awardees present will include representatives from KidSMILES Pediatric Dental Clinic and the Dublin Food Pantry.

After cocktail hour, the international theme begun at the wine tasting will continue through dinner with food sta-tions representing different global cui-sines.

“Rather than having a formal, sit-down dinner, we wanted to have something a little more energetic,” Dring says.

Entertainment will be provided by popular Columbus-based band Mojo-Flo. A raffle will also be held, with one ticket for $20 and three for $50. The grand prize is $2,000, and a variety of other winners for items such as rounds of golf will be drawn throughout the evening.

Dring hopes the new approach to the traditional event will draw a big-ger crowd than has turned out in recent years.

“Our attendance has been down in the past few years. There’s a new generation in Dublin that doesn’t know what the Emerald Celebration is and doesn’t think it’s for them. … I want ev-eryone to know that they’re welcome,” Dring says. “Our focus this year is get-ting more people in the door.”

Tickets are $150 each, $1,500 for a Community Partner table of 10 with two VIP tickets and in pre- and post-event marketing, or $1,200 for a table of 10 through the new Neighbor For Neighbor option, all available online at www.dublinfoundation.org.

“We’re encouraging five couples to chip in their money, come out for the evening and support the community,” Dring says. “The foundation is here to invest in the community, and it’s a ‘Thank you’ to the people who have given a lot of great support to the foun-dation.”


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NYCK PRICE HOPES to deliver a hay-maker to his challengers this spring at the Arnold Sports Festival, Feb. 28-March 3.

The Dublin Jerome High School se-nior, who turns 18 in February, plans to box for the first time as a welterweight – with a top weight of 145 pounds – in the Men’s Novice Boxing Challenge for ages 17-34. He has competed twice before in younger age classes.

With a career record of 48-13, in-cluding two knockouts of opponents, the soft-spoken teen has earned the right to the level of confidence he dis-plays when asked about his chances for success at the Arnold.

“No, sir,” he has never been knocked out or knocked down, he says, with a slight smile. And “Yes, sir,” he has decked some opponents.

Nyck chose his sport based on a gut instinct four years ago, his father, T.J., says. Nyck saw Gregory’s Corner Box-ing near the AMC Dublin Village 18 movie theater and felt, “That’s my thing.”

Up to that point, his only sport had been recreational basketball.

“He said, ‘Maybe I could try boxing.’ The first push came from him,” says T.J., who also boxed in his youth.

Nyck’s amateur boxing career be-gan with lessons from Steve Gregory, who was once the No. 3 junior welter-weight in the world. Now, T.J. serves as Nyck’s trainer.

Three mornings a week before school, Nyck runs six miles along the streets near his home, on a treadmill or at the Dublin Community Center. Three other days, he trains for three hours us-ing equipment in the garage of the fam-ily home where he lives with T.J. and his mother, Sofia.

Nyck rattles off a list of drills: jumping rope, heavy bag, speed bag, shadow boxing and several others. It’s all in preparation for facing older, more expe-rienced fighters at the Arnold.

“Speed and defense are my main fo-cus,” Nyck says.

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At least once a week, the boxer and father travel to the Beatty or Blackburn community centers in Co-lumbus, where Nyck spars in their extensive boxing programs. Those outings usually involve 10 to 12 three-minute rounds, depending on who the partners are.

Nyck’s bedroom displays an array of trophies and ribbons, including his first championship belt, won last May at the adidas National Boxing Tournament in Oxnard, Calif.

He chalks up his previous losses at the Arnold to inexperience fight-ing before a crowd and a “bad de-cision,” and says he is sure he can win this year. He also hopes to win at the Toledo Golden Gloves or the Columbus Regional Golden Gloves and advance to the national match-es in Salt Lake City in May, and he plans to compete at the Ohio State Fair and the Ringside World Cham-pionship in Kansas City, Mo.

Nyck is setting his sights high. “I want to go to Rio de Janeiro

in 2016 (as a U.S. Olympics team member.),” he says.

And “win or lose, I want to go pro,” which could mean a career boxing or as a sparring partner for other professional boxers.

Another career option: He could receive financial aid from U.S.A. Boxing, the national amateur box-ing governing organization, if he chooses to study for a career in sports medicine, which T.J. mentions is a possibility.

Nyck has a 3.5 cumulative grade point average and expects to en-roll in the Tolles Career & Technical Center in Plain City to extend his high school studies next year.

“I just love the sport,” Nyck says.

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St. Patrick’s Day Parade Exudes Irish ‘Tude

Ever greener, ever grander, Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade is scheduled for Saturday, March 16. The parade is an annual celebration of all things Irish, in-cluding the Irish sentiment of being “wel-coming, warm, hospitable and giving.”

“In Dublin, you don’t have to be Irish to have Irish attitude,” says Mary Jo DiSalvo, events administrator for the city of Dublin. “If you love Dublin, that’s Irish attitude. If you give back to the commu-nity, that’s Irish attitude.”

This year, the parade is sporting both a new logo – embodied in larger-than-life form by a giant helium balloon – and a float that celebrates the Presidents Cup.

The new logo, a green Irish top hat, will come alive as a parade balloon that from now on will serve as the showpiece for the event.

The parade is presided over by the “Grand Leprechaun,” a community mem-ber with a giving attitude who has de-voted himself or herself to making Dublin a better place to live and work. Draw-ing from a pool of individuals or couples nominated by Dublin residents, Grand Leprechauns from years past vote on who will join their ranks. They were to have

announced their de-cision in mid-Janu-ary. Every year, the Grand Leprechaun sports a green top hat, so the refreshed logo reflects one of Dublin’s most long-standing traditions, DiSalvo says.

The Presidents Cup float com-memorates Dublin as the location for the 2013 Presidents Cup in October. Twenty-four of the world’s top golfers will come together in this competition that of-fers international, non-European golfers the chance to take on the U.S. team.

More than 100 units, including march-ing bands, bagpipers and clowns, turn up to march in the parade, DiSalvo says. The crowd goes all-out as well.

“Along the parade route, everyone is decked out in green and white, Irish hats and outfits,” DiSalvo says. “It’s as much fun watching the spectators as it is for the spectators to watch the parade.”

To kick-start the day, parade attendees can fuel up at 7 a.m. at the Lions Club’s

pancake breakfast at Sells Middle School. Then, head to the Inflation Cel-ebration to watch the parade’s balloons become inflated at 9 a.m. At 10:15, The Hooligans take the stage at The Re-view Stand. The parade takes off at 11 a.m. from Metro Center.

Irish enthusiasts can celebrate again the following day, March 17, with the Shamrock Club of Columbus’ annual St. Patrick’s Day festivities, including the Downtown parade at 11:45 a.m.

Andrea Frazier is a contributing writ-er. Feedback welcome at laurand@city scenemediagroup.com.

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BrandonBrandon consists of a network of streets

and courts focused around Brandonway Drive, which runs between Brand and Dublin roads. The neighborhood was constructed in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and the homes are generally valued in the high $200,000s.

Homeowners Association President Christine Gawronski moved there in 2000.

“We knew we wanted to be in the Dublin area, and Brandon is such a great neighborhood. We ended up lov-ing the house and as we got there, we realized it is a nice neighborhood,” she says. “The neighbors tend to reach out

to each other and be very social. It’s easy to get involved.”

Some young professionals have moved in recently, and some empty-nesters remain, but Gawronski says the majority of Brandon denizens are fami-lies with children in third grade through high school.

In addition to a slew of annual events – an Easter egg hunt, a Halloweenie roast and a summertime block party – the community has had various social clubs over the years.

“We’ve gone through dinner clubs, book clubs, play groups,” Gawronski says. “They start up and they run their course.”

The neighborhood has also entered Dublin’s Independence Day Parade float competition – and come away with at least two wins. Though Bran-don didn’t compete last year, Gawron-ski says the group is hoping to make a comeback soon.

“I don’t know what it is about the neigh-borhood, but … when people come in,

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?OF ALL THE HOUSING OPTIONS Dublin has to offer, probably the most popular choices are its neighborhoods of traditional, single-family homes.

These neighborhoods, built over the last 35 years since the completion of Interstate 270, are generally tight-knit communities where neighbors become friends. Some sets of neigh-bors have been living together for as long as 20 years and have developed traditions and annual events that enhance their quality of life.

We talked to residents of three neighborhoods in this category and learned about what makes their communities special.

Homeowner and civic associations create sense of community in traditional neighborhoods


they’re really enthusiastic. We’re really lucky that way,” Gawronski says.

Waterford VillageJust south of Historic Dublin, Waterford

Village is one of the oldest traditional neighborhoods in the City, with the ma-jority of its approximately 247 homes constructed before 1980. Most single-family homes in the neighborhood are valued in the mid-$200,000s.

Karrer Barn, at the Waterford Village entrance off Dublin Road, is a popular site for portraits, including senior pictures and wedding photography.

Todd Hoitink, a 20-year resident and president of the Waterford Village Civic Association, says the community does have some of its original residents, but has a lot of diversity.

“In the last five to seven years, we’ve had an influx of young families. I think the neighborhood seems to turn over like that about every 10 to 15 years,” Hoitink says. “(The civic association is) always trying to plan events that involve the older adults as well as things that will involve children of all ages.”

An Easter egg hunt in the spring draws families with young children, while the late summer picnic in August and Fourth of July breakfast draw those of all ages. Before and after the Dublin Indepen-dence Day Parade, volunteers serve breakfast in Monterey Park, across from Dublin Cemetery. The group also hosts an adult mixer every October. In the

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past, the civic association offered car-riage rides throughout the neighborhood at Christmas to view elaborate lighting displays. A City Council member judged the displays. That tradition has stopped, at least for the moment.

“December got pretty busy, so we’ve suspended it for now,” Hoitink says.

The group, which boasts a 40 percent participation rate among residents, is always coming up with new ideas for

activities. Hoitink mentions a 5K race as a possibility for the future.

“This is a very friendly neighborhood. It’s very convenient to a lot of areas of the city … (and) to shopping and the Downtown area that’s being revitalized,” Hoitink says. “There’s a lot of pedestrian walking and walking with dogs on the sidewalks and a lot of biking, just a lot of opportunities in the spring, summer and fall to be out and about.”

Wexford WoodsThe tiny neighborhood of Wexford

Woods consists of just one short street and one court between Avery Road and Tullymore Drive – and the smallness of the community contributes to a closeness among residents, says Vickie Pifer, presi-dent of the Wexford Woods Homeown-ers Association.

“Maybe a third of us have been there since the neighborhood started,” says Pifer, who has lived in the neighbor-hood of 32 homes for 20 years. She’s seen children grow up and get married. Some families that had children when they moved in are empty-nesters now, but there are also some new faces.

“We’ve got some new folks coming in with kids, which is nice,” Pifer says.

Wexford Woods homes were built in the early to mid-1990s and are valued in the high $200,000s and low to mid-$300,000s.

The community hosts several events each year, including an annual picnic with a speaker to entertain the adults, and occasionally, firefighters will bring a truck for the children to explore. Other annual events include a progressive din-ner, held in the fall, and a chili cook-off, typically in February.

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IIF YOU’RE ON the hunt for a pint and some quality pub food in Dublin, your options have greatly increased of late.

In the last few months, two restau-rants have opened, both boasting long beer lists and inspired menus.

The Pint RoomThe Pint Room, in the Shoppes at

River Ridge in the space formerly oc-cupied by the Wine Loft, opened its doors in late December.

The restaurant’s sizable menu fea-tures 101 draft beers, plus another 20 craft beers in cans. Though lengthy beer menus are becoming increas-ingly common, the Pint Room’s huge selection of drafts sets it apart from the rest, says Derek Rapkin, the restau-rant’s general manager.

“People have just never done any-thing on a scale like this,” Rapkin says.

The beers – from pilsners and IPAs to lagers and stouts – will be rotated regularly. The Pint Room also has a

special section of its beer menu set aside for Ohio brews, including offer-ings from central Ohio microbreweries Neil House Brewery, Columbus Brew-ing Company and Four String Brewing.

The restaurant will soon roll out beer pairing suggestions, Rapkin says. And it uses its beer for more than just drink-ing; a beer cheese soup and beer-bat-tered fried bottlecap pickles are a few items that incorporate it.

The other menu highlight: burgers, made with a blend of USDA prime chuck and Kobe beef. The Pint Room is proud of its burger selection. While conventional options such as the Clas-sic and the BBQ are offered, the list contains a number of unique offerings.

These include the Hangover, topped with smoked cheddar cheese, the res-taurant’s signature double-smoked ba-con, tomato, mini hash browns and a sunny-side-up egg; the Triple, which piles on smoked cheddar, bacon,

boneless short rib and horseradish slaw; the Lobster, which features as-paragus, hollandaise and lobster; and the formidable PBB&J.

“The PBB&J is a peanut butter, dou-ble-smoked bacon and strawberry pre-serves burger with sliced strawberries and Monterey Jack cheese on top,” says Rapkin.

Among the other menu highlights are broiled lump crab cakes, a buffa-lo chicken sandwich, sizable chicken wings with a variety of sauces avail-able and the Bistro Fries, loaded with barbecue braised short rib, cheddar cheese, sour cream and roasted veg-etable relish.

“We just wanted to have a place where you can come and have a ca-sual bar feel, but top-notch bar food,” Rapkin says.

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The restaurant’s beer total also tops three digits.

“We have 20 beers on tap and about 80, 85 or so in the bottle,” says bar manager Bradley Koinis.

Craft beer is the name of the game on tap and in bottle; Koinis wants the se-lection to represent a variety of brewers

who have a passion for brewing as a craft. Some familiarity is to be expect-ed, Koinis says; it won’t be unusual for a diner to recognize the name of the brewery, but not the spe-cific beer offered.

The restaurant’s owners eventually hope to add small-batch brewing to 101 Beer Kitchen’s repertoire – and along with that, there is the opportunity to use spent grain from the brewing process in the soft pretzels and pizza dough.

Koinis describes 101 Beer Kitchen’s food menu as “rustic food with a season-al identity.” Just as the beer taps rotate on a weekly basis, the menu rotates on a seasonal basis, and the restaurant rolled out its winter menu in January.

New, heartier additions to the menu are expected to include a beef brisket entrée, a flake-top chicken pot pie, a beef stew to replace the more fall-appro-priate red chili and some winter revamps to its three pizzas: the Carnivore, the Harvest and the Forest.

“We did a potato, leek and bacon pizza with gorgonzola cheese the other day,” Koinis says.

Among the popular items staying on the menu are green chili, a pork-and-tomatillo dish with peppers, saffron rice, queso fresco and cilantro, served with corn tortillas; shrimp and grits, offering stone-ground grits, Andouille sausage and Gulf shrimp in a Cajun shrimp jus; and house-made tater tots, which come with pork croutons, cheddar cheese, green onions and Sriracha cream.

“The tater tots have been a huge hit,” Koinis says. “I’ve always found it interest-ing the way families come together over tater tots.”

As the restaurant’s name implies, the beer is frequently incorporated into the food, as in the Prince Edward Island mussels and the beer cheese soup.

“It’s amazing how many different (methods) we’ve found,” says Koinis.

Garth Bishop is a contributing edi-tor. Feedback welcome at laurand@city scenemediagroup.com.

The Pint Room’s Cajun Burger

Part of the line of taps at the Pint Room

101 Beer Kitchen’s green chili


write next door WITH COLUMNIST COLLEEN D’ANGELO

SSEEKING A NEW METHOD of exercise for the new year? Consider yoga, which joins physical, mental and spiritual dis-ciplines. Benefits range from decreas-ing stress and improving flexibility and strength, to balancing your blood pres-sure and boosting your immune system.

There are many styles of yoga and find-ing the right class, instructor and practice can be daunting. I’ve done research and taken classes at Dublin studios to make it easier for you – and learned a lot about myself along the way.

In yoga, you check your ego at the door and focus only on the breath, sim-ple movements and your personal daily intentions. I realized I don’t have to be competitive in all athletics and can leave the “winning” on the tennis court. I also learned that if I can clear my mind of the to-do lists and worries, I will be calmer and sharper during the day and sleep deeper at night.

My 12-year-old, Catie, put it best when she said, “After yoga class is the best time to ask my mom for something because she is nice and peaceful.”

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Owner Chan White’s interest in yoga began when she had pain in her shoul-der that the doctors couldn’t pinpoint and she tried bikram – hot yoga – to relieve the pain. Chan was hooked and started the teacher training immediately.

“Being a teacher is a privilege,” says Chan. “I want my lessons to affect my students in and out of the classroom. I want them to live a life of joy, love and forgiveness.”

I took the Hot Power Flow Level 2 class and felt immediately at peace in the quiet sanctuary of a room. It was hot but comforting, and Chan’s voice put ev-eryone at ease as she shared a personal story about her pet and asked each of

us to concentrate on someone in our life who brings us great joy.

She constantly reminded participants to inhale and exhale slowly and focus on the breath. Chan walked around during class and altered our positions, encour-aging us to open up more and sink into our poses as sweat poured off our bod-ies. During shavasana, the restful ending portion, I could have fallen fast asleep.

“Many people are intimidated by yoga and make excuses like, ‘I’m not flexible,’” says Chan. “But yoga is more about the change inside like getting rid of anger and seeking forgiveness. Flexibility and strength are not the purpose, but rather, things that happen along the way.”

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Dublin resident Jennifer Gleichauf, founder of Nurture Yoga, says she felt like she had enjoyed a massage af-ter her first yoga class. She wanted to

throw herself into it, become a teacher and spread that feeling to others.

Jennifer says it’s a common misconcep-tion to think one needs to lose weight be-fore starting yoga. “There is a class for everyone from ages 4 to 94 and many modifications that can be made; you just need to find the right fit,” she says.

I took a Level 1 class in Nurture Yo-ga’s new Post Road studio, which was cozy and inviting. Jennifer addressed our breathing and our focus for the day on someone in our life who needs forgiveness. The class was very gentle and enjoyable – something I could take my mother to when she visits from Connecticut. I especially enjoyed the shavasana, when Jennifer gave a short shoulder, neck and head massage to each of her students.

Nurture Yoga also has two-hour restor-ative yoga classes used to de-stress and aid in healing, chair yoga for seniors and those with disabilities, and preschool

yoga for 4- and 5-year-olds.

Harbor Yoga www.harboryogastudio.com

Heidi Bell co-owns Harbor Yoga in downtown Dublin. Hei-di, who taught spinning classes for six years, says she hated yoga the first time she took

Dublin studios offer yoga classes for just about anyone

Om Options

Preschool yoga at Nurture Yoga

PAI Yoga and Fitness owner Chan White


Colleen D’Angelo is a freelance writer who lives in Dublin with her husband, three children and several small animals. She enjoys

playing tennis, walking the Dublin bike paths and traveling.

a class. A year later she saw how fun yoga could be with the right music, flow and style, so she and Angie O’Brien opened up a studio that reflects their taste. Harbor Yoga focuses on strength training and core abdominal work with traditional and challenging poses, utiliz-ing heat and powerful music.

Heidi says yoga has changed her approach to life. “After doing an hour or more and getting that ‘yoga glow,’ I don’t want to ruin it by eating bad food or drinking too much.”

At Harbor, I took the Beginner class with my husband, Tony, and the Strong class, which includes weights. The room is warm to hot, the music blares and the energy is high. It was vinyasa flow yoga, so I moved through positions quickly and smoothly as sweat dripped constantly onto my towel. The level of ability in the class ranged greatly but everyone focused on their own workout and goals.

No matter where you take a class, yoga can be life-changing and it is com-pletely non-threatening. Take time for yourself; you deserve it. Namaste. -CD

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